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No. 234,249. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICEo JONAH CRITES, OF ORRVILLE, OHIO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,249, dated November 9, 1880.

Application filed September 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ONAH ORI'rEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at ()rrville, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the combination and arrangement of devices for opening, closing, fastening, and unfastening a gate, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of a gate embodyin g my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top view of same with the top beam removed. Fig. 3 is a view of the gate when open and the post on which the cords are mounted for operating the gate. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the latchcatch.

The letter A designates a stout frame of rectangular form, having braces b and a laterally-projecting top beam, A, from which the gate is suspended. The frame is securely fastened to its position on the ground by means of stakes driven in the ground. The upper and lower rails or frame-pieces, c, of the gate extend back of the pivoting-points d, and the rear ends of the said rails are connected by a vertical bar, 6, which forms one side of a foursided box, F. The object of this box back of the pivots is to receive weights, which will counterbalance the gate and cause it to easily swing to and fro, and this result is further fa- "cilitated by constructing the pivots so that their bearings may contain oil.

The gate has a latch-bar, 9, whose forward end has an endwise movement only, by which it is shot out from and retracted into the vertical bar h, while the rear end has an up-anddown and endwise movement, which is effected by the following-described means: The rear extremity of the latch-bar is pivoted and suspended from the lower end of a swinging rod, '5, whose upper end is pivoted within the box F at a point forward of that at which it is (No model.)

connected with the latch-bur, by which the swinging rod always .has an inclined position. (See Fig.1.) The weightof thelatch-bar hanging on the inclined rod has the effect to constantly press the latehbar endwise toward the forward end of the gate, thereby causing it to be shot out.

A standard, a, is rigidly attached to the latch-bar within the box, and has a rod which projects upward on each side of the inclined swinging rod 41, each rod passing through a slot, at, in the upper rail of the gate, and the two rods connected together above the upper rail somewhat like an inverted letter U, so that the rods of the standard a, by means of their connection, are astride, as it were, of the piece 19 in the upper rail, which separates the two slots at.

Suitable wires or cords, q r, are attached to the connected parts of the standard a, and each cord passes in a direction opposite from the other partly around a vertical pulley, s,on the top and near the rear extremity of the upper rail, the cord q thence extending at a right angle from one side of the gate, and the cord 7' extending from the opposite side, each to a post, J, whereon is mounted a pivoted lever, k, similar to a bell-crank lever, by drawing on which the gate may be opened or closed, as hereinafter described.

The letterL design ates the latch-post, which is provided with two pivoted gravity-catches, t, the outer ends of which are the heaviest, and each has on the side next the post a lug, which enters an arc-shaped slot, u, in the post or in a plate on the post, and the movement of each catch on its pivot is thereby restricted.

In their normal position, the outer and weighted ends being down, the catches serve to hold the latch-bar securely, one catch on each side holding it from moving in either direction.

It will be seen that the latch-bar will be caught when the gate swings in either direction.

Above the catches and attached to the post is a segment-shaped stop, 21, placed with its curve downward, as seen in Fig. 4. This stop is in position over the end of the projecting latch-bar, and prevents the gate from being raised to disengage the latch bar from the catches, the only way by which the latch-bar or gate can be disengaged (if the catches are not disturbed) being by the withdrawal endwise of the latch-bar.

A stop-post, M, provided with a latchcatrh, is placed in properposition at each side of the gate to catch the latclrbar when the gate is swung open. One of the cords q r will swing the gate open and the other will swing it shut, according to the direction in which the gate is approached, the first draft on the cord etfecting the withdrawal of the latch-bar, and a continued draft on the. cord serving to swing the gate.

I am aware that gates have been constructed having a post on either side, up and down the road, from which cords pass to a lever on the gate, by which the latch is retracted, while a spring is employed to project the latch, and such I do not claim.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States- The combination of a gate provided with a latch-bar, g, whose forward end has an endwise movement only, and whose rear end is suspended by an inclined swinging rod, 2', with a vertical standard, n, rigidly attached to the latch-bar and projecting above the upper rail, a pulley, s, on that part of the top of the upper rail which extends back of the pivotingpoint of the gate, and two cords or wires connected to the standard 11, each passing in a direction opposite from the otherpartly around the pulley, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 35 in presence of two witnesses.

JONAH (JRITES.

Witnesses:

A. J. TsoHANTz, S. N. (Jon. 

